Ambs Call Center
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Choosing between an American and an offshore call center can be more complicated than it first appears. The simple fact that draws many businesses to offshore call centers is that they’ll save them money.
Cisco - Contact Center
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Here's a practical guide to aid engineers to rapidly begin using Catalyst Center automation, and help them work towards a template strategy.
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ShepHyken
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
This episode of Amazing Business Radio with Shep Hyken answers the following questions and more: How does modern AI enhance the efficiency of customer interactions in contact centers? How can AI anticipate customer needs and offer better solutions in customer service? What are the common fears among leadership when adopting AI solutions in customer support?
CCNG
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Are Today’s Remote Work Challenges New Issues or Magnified Versions of the Same Culture Issues from the Office? My recent LinkedIn Poll results are telling: Poll Results: Of the 75 people that responded, 68% agree remote work challenges are just magnified versions of the issues that existed in the office already. My Thoughts: These results support my working theory that it’s not necessarily WHERE we work that’s the underlying issue, as much as it is HOW we work together.
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Step-by-step instructions on how to use AI for growth in your contact center Learn how AI can transform your contact center operations. In this ebook, dig into the different AI technologies, then see how each can help automate tasks, streamline service, and turn your contact center from a cost center to a profit house. Plus, we’ll give you practical tips on choosing the right AI tools, getting them up and running, and measuring their impact.
Callminer
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
The future of the call center is exciting, with more opportunities than ever to meet rising customer expectations with AI. Read this blog for 2025 call center trends and best practices.
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AWS Machine Learning
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Today we are announcing the general availability of Amazon Bedrock Prompt Management , with new features that provide enhanced options for configuring your prompts and enabling seamless integration for invoking them in your generative AI applications. Amazon Bedrock Prompt Management simplifies the creation, evaluation, versioning, and sharing of prompts to help developers and prompt engineers get better responses from foundation models (FMs) for their use cases.
Cisco - Contact Center
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Cisco and Tele2 IoT are expanding their partnership to jointly develop new features for the IoT Control Center and other solutions within the Cisco Mobility Services Platform, aiming to empower businesses to maximize their IoT investments. This collaboration focuses on enhancing connectivity and driving digital transformation across industries, marking a significant advancement in IoT technology.
ShepHyken
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
I was recently hired as a keynote speaker to talk to a group of financial advisors about client service. One of the topics of the meeting was a discussion about why a client would leave. The most obvious reason might be that the financial advisor gave bad advice, and the client lost money. But let’s assume the advisor is smart, the advice is sound, and the return on investment meets expectations.
Momentum Telecom
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Momentum, a global leader in managed network and communications services, proudly announces the successful completion of a System and Organization Controls (SOC) 2 examination, underscoring its commitment to upholding rigorous data protection standards. This compliance milestone demonstrates Momentum’s dedication to security, availability, and confidentiality across its Connect suite of solutions, which includes SD-WAN , managed firewall, on and off-net circuits , and managed LAN services.
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Understanding and improving your customer experience (CX) can have a massive impact on your bottom line. Choosing the right voice of customers (VoC) solution is a critical step to elevating CX. Frost & Sullivan researched more than 50 leading VoC vendors, analyzing both their “innovation index” and “growth index” to independently select the top 10 performers in each of these categories.
Connect
NOVEMBER 24, 2024
In 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) will expand its influence in the contact centre space as this prolific technology trend permeates more facets of daily operations, dominating capital expenditures and strategic decision-making. By Martin Cross , Chief Strategy Officer at Connect. “While already a dominant trend in recent years, many operators have realised that rushing into AI implementations caused more challenges that it solved, especially when it comes to generative or GenAI,” explains Ma
Upstream Works
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Discover how to reduce AI complexity while enhancing CX with a balanced approach in part two of our AI Revolution series. The post Reduce AI Complexity & Keep Humans in the Middle [Video] appeared first on Upstream Works.
AWS Machine Learning
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
In the field of generative AI , latency and cost pose significant challenges. The commonly used large language models (LLMs) often process text sequentially, predicting one token at a time in an autoregressive manner. This approach can introduce delays, resulting in less-than-ideal user experiences. Additionally, the growing demand for AI-powered applications has led to a high volume of calls to these LLMs, potentially exceeding budget constraints and creating financial pressures for organizatio
3CLogic
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
How did that conversation really go? Behind every engagement hides a mountain of data, simply waiting to be leveraged for an in-depth performance analysis. In today’s contact centers, the amount of data available isn’t a problem; the crux is to find the time and resources to efficiently gather, consolidate, and analyze the information for actionable insights and optimization opportunities.
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CX leaders are in a gold rush for AI, lured by the promise of cost savings and a revolution in service delivery. But simply deploying AI in your contact center isn't a magic bullet. There are hidden dangers that can derail your AI dreams. Recent incidents, such as the missteps of an AI chatbot deployed by Air Canada, have underscored the complexities and risks involved in leveraging AI in customer-facing roles.
ShepHyken
NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Imagine this … you’re running tight on time for a meeting and want to grab a cup of coffee. Do you choose to stop at the café that serves delicious coffee and has the friendliest barista but a long line, or do you use the office machine that serves an acceptable, decent cup in under a minute? If, on that day, time is important and you don’t want to make others wait, the answer is probably the fastest – as in more convenient – choice, not the best coffee or the friendliest service.
Cisco - Contact Center
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Cisco and the OECD have launched the Digital Well-being Hub to explore the relationship between technology and individual well-being. The hub aims to understand how digital transformation impacts life satisfaction, mental health, digital skills, and civic engagement and more. By crowdsourcing insights and using OECD data, it seeks to inform policies for an inclusive, secure, and sustainable digital future.
Toister Performance Solutions
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
This plan will help you train employees who serve customers over the phone. It guides you through the Phone-Based Customer Service course on LinkedIn Learning. Make sure your team has access to LinkedIn Learning before you begin. Phone-Based Customer Service focuses on essential phone skills: Building rapport Exceeding expectations Solving problems The course is ideal for anyone who serves customers over the phone.
Upstream Works
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
This post is a summary of Upstream Works CEO, Rob McDougall's talk at Fall ’24 AI/COMM titled The AI Revolution in CX. The post The AI Revolution & Creating Super Agents appeared first on Upstream Works.
Speaker: Laura Noonan, Chief Revenue Officer at CallFinder + Angie Kronlage, Director of Program Success at Working Solutions + April Wiita, Vice President of Program Success at Working Solutions
Are you still manually reviewing calls? 🤔 It's time for a change! The traditional method of manual call monitoring is no longer cutting it in today's fast-paced call center environment. Industry experts Angie Kronlage and April Wiita from Working Solutions are here to explore the power of innovative automation to revolutionize outdated call review processes!
AWS Machine Learning
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
Live streaming has been gaining immense popularity in recent years, attracting an ever-growing number of viewers and content creators across various platforms. From gaming and entertainment to education and corporate events, live streams have become a powerful medium for real-time engagement and content consumption. However, as the reach of live streams expands globally, language barriers and accessibility challenges have emerged, limiting the ability of viewers to fully comprehend and participa
CSM Magazine
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
In the competitive world of real estate, exceptional customer service can be the key differentiator that sets you apart from the competition. From first-time buyers to seasoned investors, clients seek agents who are not only knowledgeable but also responsive, attentive, and approachable. Let’s explore ten valuable tips that can elevate your customer service game and help build lasting relationships with your clients according to Verde Trader.
ShepHyken
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. ‘Good Experience Builds Loyalty’: Chewy’s CEO on Meeting Customer Demand by Robert Safian (Fast Company) As artificial intelligence transforms customer service and workplace tools, many companies still struggle to capture that elusive human connection.
Cisco - Contact Center
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Highlighting Cisco's partnership with an extraordinary community in Utqiaġvik, Alaska that's breaking down barriers to create new access to education, technology, and opportunity.
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Cut complexity and boost efficiency while empowering your customers with Nextiva's unified communications platform. Nextiva streamlines workflows and centralizes customer interactions, all while simplifying business collaboration, increasing productivity, and reducing employee burnout.
Joe Rawlinson
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Employee recognition is an essential component of fostering a productive and motivated workforce. As highlighted by Forbes , recognition is pivotal to employee engagement, with its significance expected to grow in 2025. By celebrating achievements, recognising efforts, and rewarding contributions, businesses can enhance employee morale, boost retention rates, and improve overall performance.
Ambs Call Center
NOVEMBER 29, 2024
As much as we take note of the dwindling number of mom-and-pop shops across America, modern-day small businesses can and do compete with national and international chains. Cost isn’t the only means of competition either. Larger companies are often able to bargain for less expensive variable costs with their suppliers – and thus, are more readily able to lower prices.
AWS Machine Learning
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Generative AI has transformed customer support, offering businesses the ability to respond faster, more accurately, and with greater personalization. AI agents , powered by large language models (LLMs), can analyze complex customer inquiries, access multiple data sources, and deliver relevant, detailed responses. In this post, we guide you through integrating Amazon Bedrock Agents with enterprise data APIs to create more personalized and effective customer support experiences.
AnswerConnect
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Read our latest article to find out how live chat services can boost sales and reduce cart abandonment in your e-commerce store. Improve your checkout now! The post Live chat services: how to reduce cart abandonment & drive sales appeared first on AnswerConnect Blog.
Speaker: Nicholas Zeisler, CX Strategist & Fractional CXO
The first step in a successful Customer Experience endeavor (or for that matter, any business proposition) is to find out what’s wrong. If you can’t identify it, you can’t fix it! 💡 That’s where the Voice of the Customer (VoC) comes in. Today, far too many brands do VoC simply because that’s what they think they’re supposed to do; that’s what all their competitors do.
ShepHyken
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Each week, I read many customer service and customer experience articles from various resources. Here are my top five picks from last week. I have added my comments about each article and would like to hear what you think too. 10 Trends to Guide Your 2025 CX Strategy by NICE (CMSWire) By embracing the power of cloud, digital and AI and aligning your CX initiatives with your customers’ needs, your business won’t just be keeping pace but leading the way in exceptional CX.
Cisco - Contact Center
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Learn more about templating, Plug-and-Play, and Day N automation. Now there's a full set of labs featuring DNA Center Templating for use with dCLOUD, so you can rapidly begin using DNA Center automation!
C3Centricity
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Many brands today claim to be consumer-first or consumer-led. However, their attempts often fall short of expectations, resulting in actions that lack the authenticity and depth consumers seek. Radical Consumer Centricity changes that. This approach involves embedding consumer insights into every part of a company, driving long-term success by anticipating and meeting consumer needs precisely.
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